by Office | Aug 31, 2022 | Fluoride / Fluoridation
We’ve heard a lot through recent years about the relationship between prenatal fluoride exposure and lower IQ. Fluoride is neurotoxic, after all. But, crucial as it is, that isn’t necessarily the only reason for concern. A study just published in Environmental...
by Office | Aug 10, 2022 | Fluoride / Fluoridation
Drinking water and toothpaste are just the most obvious day-to-day sources of fluoride. They’re hardly the only ones. And even that isn’t an exhaustive list! (Some dental sealants and restorative materials contain fluoride, for instance. As a fluoride-free...
by Office | Jun 15, 2022 | Fluoride / Fluoridation
Any dental or medical intervention comes with both risks and benefits, yet some practices persist despite evidence of risks outweighing the benefits. Using mercury amalgam to fill decayed teeth is one of those. Fluoride is another. Its benefits are modest and limited...
by Office | Oct 13, 2021 | Fluoride / Fluoridation
If only one or two studies provided evidence of fluoride’s harm to the developing brain, you might not think much of it, but in fact, dozens of published studies have done so. The latest, published a couple months ago in NeuroToxicity, followed 103 mother/child pairs...
by Office | Jan 6, 2021 | Fluoride / Fluoridation
There are more than a few reasons you might give for why water fluoridation is bad policy. For one, any benefit it gives comes from applying it directly to the teeth, not swallowing it. You might also note the lack of rigorous evidence in support of the practice or...
by Office | Jun 24, 2020 | Fluoride / Fluoridation
The legal battle over water fluoridation is facing another delay after Judge Edward M. Chen of the US District Court in San Francisco postponed his ruling regarding the EPA’s regulation of fluoride. The case, filed back in 2017, pits the EPA against a group of...
